The root of politics is for the rights people have fought and died for

For Conservatives, all disputes over law, liberty and justice are addressed to a historic and existing community. The root of politics, they believe, is attachment – the motive in human beings that binds them to the place, the customs, the history and the people who are theirs. When socialists in their religious way promise a more equal society they are talking about us; when liberals offer to expand the list of human rights, they are talking about our rights - the rights people fought and died over hundreds of years, the rights that are currently enjoyed.